Launch HN: Helio Sleep (YC S21) – One-stop portal for sleep apnea
Hello HN! We’re Helio Sleep ( https://www.heliosleep.com ). We help treat sleep apnea at home using sleep tests, best-in-class treatment devices, and board-certified physicians. We prescribe and deliver medical equipment, so that patients can get care affordably and easily from their homes. An estimated 30M Americans suffer from sleep apnea. Getting diagnosis, treatment devices, and ongoing support can be difficult, and is getting harder, because fewer physicians are practicing sleep medicine. There is a serious "conversion funnel" problem. 50% of patients give up before making it to a sleep specialist; of those that get to a sleep specialist, 50% don't get a sleep study; and of those that do get care, more than a third fail to continue within 6 months. As a result, 24M Americans are currently untreated, leaving them tired and also at risk for serious health prob
Why it failed
Hello HN! We’re Helio Sleep ( https://www.heliosleep.com ). We help treat sleep apnea at home using sleep tests, best-in-class treatment devices, and board-certified physicians. We prescribe and deliver medical equipment, so that patients can get care affordably and eas
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- maxgreenfeld
- Ended
- 2022
- Source
- hackernews